With no more swimming events scheduled, I made the decision to back off swimming this month and concentrate on my marathon training. As a result, I netted exactly 0 yards of pool time or open water time. I had 9 rides ranging from 29 miles to 51 miles and 12 runs totaling 82.44 miles. When I look back at my 2010 Ironman training log, it’s interesting to see that my recent 82.44 miles would have just missed 2nd place for the most miles run in a month. Last year, my biggest month was October (104.9 miles) and my second biggest was July (82.7 miles). My marathon training (courtesy of Hal Higdon’s Novice 3 schedule) has me running 3 days per week. Monday’s are supposed to be “fun” days where I go moderate distances at a pace :60 to :90 slower than what I want to do in the marathon. Wednesday’s are either “race pace” or “tempo.” While “race pace” means just that, what I want to run the marathon in, I still try to do them as fast as I can. The longest pace run this month was 4 miles and I averaged 7:52 min/mile, and make no mistake about it, there is no way I’ll run the marathon at this pace. My goal, you heard it here first, is to finish in under 4 hours. I would be elated with a 3:59:59 (9:09 min/mile). My Friday runs are my long runs and aren’t supposed to be slow OR fast, rather they are to be “comfortable.” My longest run, this month, was a 13 miler at a 9:29 pace. Since I try to do all of my runs before work, this run started at 3:44 AM.
Back in May 2010, one of my workouts was a 10 mile run (round trip) from the family cabin to Luna Lake. Back then, I didn’t have my Garmin yet, so I really didn’t know what my pace was or what the elevation looked like. Well, over the Labor Day weekend, I was able to retrace my route and get it all recorded. Only problem is, the elevation results aren’t accurate. The cabin is on the side of a mountain and you can look down and see the lake in the distance. The results show a flat course with relatively no changes. Even at that altitude, I didn’t really experience any type of fatigue or shortness of breath.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/112371491
On July 3rd, 2010, I did a 50 mile ride from the cabin, to Eager, and back. Kristi had indicated that she was interested in trying the route as well, so we racked our road bikes and brought all of our cycling equipment. Since I wasn’t really training for anything, this was going to be more of an “enjoy the experience” type of ride (similar to Tempe to Tucson). During the ride, we took time to eat some refreshments at the halfway point, stop and look at a waterfall, take some pics by Nelson Reservoir, and to take in exactly how devastating the Wallow fire was to the forest. Ultimately, this ride offered us some much appreciated quality time together. Every time we return to the cabin, I retrace the previous rides in my mind and enjoy them over and over. Hopefully, K will now be able to do the same.
Again, the elevation graph is way off. It shows a number of drops to 0 feet and an overall flat elevation. This is definitely NOT a flat ride.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/112371519
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